Analyzing a text is a crucial skill needed in reading while thinking critically.

Analysis is the act of examining the structure of information for purposes of explanation.

Analysis is breaking a text into smaller parts and figuring out how and why they fit together.

Scientists analyze how machines work by figuring out how individual mechanisms combine with other mechanisms to create a more complex operation.

Watch the clip below (with audio) and pay special attention to how Lucy Van Pelt analyzes Charlie Brown.

How did Lucy analyze Charlie Brown?

What did Lucy analyze?

How did Lucy use her analysis to help her form a larger opinion?

Effective readers analyze what they are reading, breaking it into to smaller parts to study, in order to better understand the big picture of the text.

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